APHRODITE IN PROCLUS' THEOLOGY - Cardiff University
APHRODITE IN PROCLUS' THEOLOGY - Cardiff University APHRODITE IN PROCLUS' THEOLOGY - Cardiff University
JLARC 3 (2009) 21-43 42 Tables Table 1. Exegesis of the theomachy ( In Tim. I , 79.1-23 , In Remp. 1, 95.23-30) Zeus – the Demiurge Poseidon Apollo the demiurgy of the whole totally particularly Hera Artemis producers of life intellect physical Athena Ares causes of opposites reason passion Hermes Leto powers for soul's perfection cognition vitality understanding will Hephaestos Xanthus producers of bodily order actively passively Aphrodite – giver of unity and harmony Table 2. Exegesis of the Ares-Aphrodite affair Two pairs of demiurgy Hephaestos hypercosmic insoluble “chains” celestial releasable “chains” marriage Ares encosmic sublunar adultery Tuomo Lankila, ‘Aphrodite in Proclus’ Theology,’ in: Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture 3 (2009) 21-43; ISSN: 1754-517X; Website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/clarc/jlarc
JLARC 3 (2009) 21-43 43 Table 3. The divine scope of Aphrodite Area out of scope (by super-excellence) One and the Henads Intelligible gods / noetic triad: goodness, wisdom, beauty first otherness / first feminine principle Area of pre-existence Intelligible-intellective gods / noetic-noeric triad / First noetic-noeric triad hyperuranios topos / faith the place of the first feminine quality of the divine Second noetic-noeric triad / truth “depth of sky” = place of the first monad for Aphrodite Third noetic-noeric triad / subcelestial vault /primordial Eros Noeric gods noeric triad separative monad: produces “foam as a flower of life” Area of existence Hypercosmic gods: Aphrodite I Hypercoscmic-encosmic gods fourth triad, second term: Aphrodite II Encosmic gods second triad, second term Aphrodite III Sublunar “gods” (demons) Aphrodite as a demon on the highest level as an Olympian god on the lowest level as a guardian of certain people (Julius Caesar for example) Area of Aphrodisiac illumination Aphrodite as a power and sign in souls, nature, body, and elements Out of scope (by privation) pure matter Tuomo Lankila, ‘Aphrodite in Proclus’ Theology,’ in: Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture 3 (2009) 21-43; ISSN: 1754-517X; Website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/clarc/jlarc
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Tables<br />
Table 1. Exegesis of the theomachy ( In Tim. I , 79.1-23 , In Remp. 1, 95.23-30)<br />
Zeus – the Demiurge<br />
Poseidon Apollo the demiurgy of the whole<br />
totally<br />
particularly<br />
Hera Artemis producers of life<br />
intellect<br />
physical<br />
Athena Ares causes of opposites<br />
reason<br />
passion<br />
Hermes Leto powers for soul's perfection<br />
cognition<br />
vitality<br />
understanding will<br />
Hephaestos Xanthus producers of bodily order<br />
actively<br />
passively<br />
Aphrodite – giver of unity and harmony<br />
Table 2. Exegesis of the Ares-Aphrodite affair<br />
Two pairs of demiurgy<br />
Hephaestos<br />
hypercosmic<br />
insoluble “chains”<br />
celestial<br />
releasable “chains”<br />
marriage<br />
Ares<br />
encosmic<br />
sublunar<br />
adultery<br />
Tuomo Lankila, ‘Aphrodite in Proclus’ Theology,’ in: Journal for Late Antique Religion and<br />
Culture 3 (2009) 21-43; ISSN: 1754-517X; Website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/clarc/jlarc
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